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Title Statement | The scorpion's tail [largetype] / Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child. |
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Series | Nora Kelly novel (Large print) |
Author | Preston, Douglas J |
Additional Contributors | Child, Lincoln |
Publication | New York: Grand Central Publishing Large Print,2021. |
Edition | First edition, [large print edition]. |
Extent of Item | 578 pages. |
ISBN | 9781538719060 1538719061 |
Other Number | 3900788 |
Summary | A mummified corpse, over half a century old, is found in the cellar of an abandoned building in a remote New Mexico ghost town. Corrie is assigned what seems to her a throwaway case: to ID the body and determine cause of death. She brings archaeologist Nora Kelly to excavate the body and lend her expertise to the investigation, and together they uncover something unexpected and shocking: the deceased apparently died in agony, in a fetal position, skin coming off in sheets, with a rictus of horror frozen on his face. Hidden on the corpse lies a 16th century Spanish gold cross of immense value. When they at last identify the body -- and the bizarre cause of death -- Corrie and Nora open a door into a terrifying, secret world of ancient treasure and modern obsession: a world centered on arguably the most defining, frightening, and transformative moment in American history. |
Subjects & Genres | |
By Topic | Large type books |
Cold cases (Criminal investigation)--Fiction | |
Mummies--Fiction | |
Women archaeologists--Fiction | |
By Name | Kelly, Nora |
United StatesFederal Bureau of Investigation--Fiction--Officials and employees | |
By Location | New Mexico--Fiction |
By Genre | Suspense fiction |
Mystery fiction |